diff --git a/docs/developing-prometheus-rules-and-grafana-dashboards.md b/docs/developing-prometheus-rules-and-grafana-dashboards.md
index 990c07bf69c14b2bb8b343b29e31181411c482b9..b3a67f1f4cf4cc968d0c16303ce52e8910f04db6 100644
--- a/docs/developing-prometheus-rules-and-grafana-dashboards.md
+++ b/docs/developing-prometheus-rules-and-grafana-dashboards.md
@@ -90,13 +90,13 @@ local kp = (import 'kube-prometheus/main.libsonnet') + {
             name: 'example-group',
             rules: [
               {
-                alert: 'Watchdog',
+                alert: 'ExampleAlert',
                 expr: 'vector(1)',
                 labels: {
-                  severity: 'none',
+                  severity: 'warning',
                 },
                 annotations: {
-                  description: 'This is a Watchdog meant to ensure that the entire alerting pipeline is functional.',
+                  description: 'This is an example alert.',
                 },
               },
             ],
diff --git a/examples/existingrule.json b/examples/existingrule.json
index 41d6620b87749b68f9aa222b9582a27ac0469068..8486eb7d721506133c2720706f48892e6190e2d4 100644
--- a/examples/existingrule.json
+++ b/examples/existingrule.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"groups":[{"name":"example-group","rules":[{"alert":"Watchdog","annotations":{"description":"This is a Watchdog meant to ensure that the entire alerting pipeline is functional."},"expr":"vector(1)","labels":{"severity":"none"}}]}]}
\ No newline at end of file
+{"groups":[{"name":"example-group","rules":[{"alert":"ExampleAlert","annotations":{"description":"This is an example alert."},"expr":"vector(1)","labels":{"severity":"warning"}}]}]}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/existingrule.yaml b/examples/existingrule.yaml
index 6a67032f96accb758e0ab108c1c72be037b7efe4..ab5de27041282bd0fe173bc8ad0e8401811c5e29 100644
--- a/examples/existingrule.yaml
+++ b/examples/existingrule.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 groups:
 - name: example-group
   rules:
-  - alert: Watchdog
+  - alert: ExampleAlert
     expr: vector(1)
     labels:
-      severity: "none"
+      severity: "warning"
     annotations:
-      description: This is a Watchdog meant to ensure that the entire alerting pipeline is functional.
+      description: This is an example alert.
diff --git a/examples/prometheus-additional-alert-rule-example.jsonnet b/examples/prometheus-additional-alert-rule-example.jsonnet
index 483b9cb1f656411909d0672a5077817f1018ec5a..43dc538c158e49561fadb3a581d05e35244d0f78 100644
--- a/examples/prometheus-additional-alert-rule-example.jsonnet
+++ b/examples/prometheus-additional-alert-rule-example.jsonnet
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ local kp = (import 'kube-prometheus/main.libsonnet') + {
             name: 'example-group',
             rules: [
               {
-                alert: 'Watchdog',
+                alert: 'ExampleAlert',
                 expr: 'vector(1)',
                 labels: {
-                  severity: 'none',
+                  severity: 'warning',
                 },
                 annotations: {
-                  description: 'This is a Watchdog meant to ensure that the entire alerting pipeline is functional.',
+                  description: 'This is an example alert.',
                 },
               },
             ],